Etymology

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Today it means: A koi carp with black markings on white, red or yellow skin. Full definition →

Japanese 鼈甲
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from鼈甲“tortoiseshell”
  2. English todaybekko

From Japanese 鼈甲 (“tortoiseshell”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.